20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954) poster
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20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

AdventureScience FictionFantasy

Directed by Richard Fleischer

A ship sent to investigate a wave of mysterious sinkings encounters the advanced submarine, the Nautilus, commanded by Captain Nemo. From TMDB

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20,000 Leagues Under the Sea is a 1954 adventure science fiction fantasy film, directed by Richard Fleischer, starring Kirk Douglas, James Mason and Paul Lukas.

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  • Movies Silently @moviessilently.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 27, 2025

    Underwater photography in 20,000 LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA (1916). Underwater scenes had been popular since the 1890s but had been achieved via sets, props and even shooting through a water tank. This film was properly in the ocean.

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  • Movies Silently @moviessilently.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 11, 2026

    True underwater photography in the 1916 version of 20,000 LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA

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  • mtsw @mtsw.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 23, 2025

    This is really cool: a guy found one of the original Cinemascope anamorphic adapters used to shoot 20,000 LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA (1954), and that had been sitting in storage for 70 years, for sale on eBay bought it and shot some beautiful new footage with it www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vg0f...

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  • Movies Silently @moviessilently.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 23, 2025

    Regarding the em dash as an AI tell... I am against AI witchhunts unless done by experts (99.9999% of us are not, including me) because it quickly turns stupid. I was accused of using AI to generate this footage for 20,000 LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA (1916) because "they couldn't film underwater then"

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  • Sardonicus @sardonicus.euBluesky · May 17, 2026

    'Behind-the-scenes production photo of 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea' 1954

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  • Kelly Turnbull @coelasquid.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 12, 2024

    You wanna know something wild, the same guy who directed the Rex Harrison Dr. Dolittle also did Conan the Destroyer, Soylent Green, and 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

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  • Movies Silently @moviessilently.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 24, 2024

    Innovative underwater photography is the highlight of the otherwise spotty 1916 adaptation of 20,000 LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA

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  • Horror & Coffee @foundfootagefan.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 15, 2026

    Alternative movie poster of the day 🎥😍 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954) By KWOW

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  • Donato @donatoarts.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 6, 2025

    Just handed this drawing off to Mike Mrak today. He was one of my housemates at our first apartment here in New York City back in 1992-3, during the times were were breaking into the illustration and commercial arts industries. This was for the cover to '20,000 Leagues Under the Sea' by...

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  • David Avallone @davallone.bsky.socialBluesky · May 13, 2025

    Watched the 1954 version of 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea again, for a thing I’m working on. I was struck by how morally grey the whole thing is. I would never call it sophisticated, but… it’s a Disney kids film with no real hero and a compelling anti-hero. 1/?

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  • Jim is a regular sized man @jimmello.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 20, 2025

    Disney Star Wars Amazon James Bond Red Lobster 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea Home Depot MASH Spirit Halloween in a closed down Michaels Hellraiser

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  • carbonari_sandwich @[email protected]Lemmy · Jul 13, 2026

    Here's my pitch: Let's animate the live action Disney movies. They have these properties to draw from, and instead of making a live-action remake of them like Freaky Friday or Herbie, or a sequel like Hocus Pocus or Mary Poppins Returns, reinvent it as an animated feature. - 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954) - The Shaggy Dog (1959) - Pollyanna (1960) - The Absent-Minded Professor (1961) - The Three Lives of Thomasina (1964) - Bedknobs and Broomsticks (1971) - Escape to…

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  • Harry Turtledove @hntdove.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 9, 2026

    Finding Nemo 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (I mean, where else would you find Nemo?)

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  • Premee Mohamed @premeemohamed.comBluesky · Feb 3, 2026

    Oooh first fill of Wearingeul 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (!!) -- this is very similar to Diamine Blue Flame, but the Diamine is a slightly cooler-toned blue and the gold shimmer is also a slightly cooler gold. Hard to tell in these photos but the Wearingeul is a much warmer blue.

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  • Free thinker @free-thinker1.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 26, 2024

    “The sea is the vast reservoir of Nature.” Captain Nemo ~ 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne

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  • FaceDeer @[email protected]Lemmy · Aug 22, 2023

    This is superficially funny, of course. But I've seen it before and after thinking about it for a while I find myself coming to the defense of the Torment Nexus and the tech company that brought it into reality. Science fiction authors are not necessarily the best authorities when it comes to evaluating the ethical or real-world implications of the technologies they dream up. Indeed, I think they are often particularly *bad* at that sort of thing. Their primary goal is to craft captivating…

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  • Michael Warburton @michaelwarburton.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 10, 2026

    Behind the scenes on Walt Disney’s huge box office hit 20,000 LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA (1954)

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  • Horror & Coffee @foundfootagefan.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 2, 2026

    20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954) 🎥 Directed by Richard Fleischer A ship sent to investigate a wave of mysterious sinkings encounters the advanced submarine, the Nautilus, commanded by Captain Nemo. #FilmSky

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  • Helena Brown @hellmark.orgBluesky · May 23, 2025

    But the title of 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea wasn't referring to depth, but distance traveled while submerged.

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  • Movies Silently @moviessilently.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 22, 2025

    I had a similar response some time back when a very mainstream publication talked about how nobody had ever heard of 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

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  • Emilyingreen @emilyingreen.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 20, 2026

    Great question. I think a Muppet 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea could have worked.

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  • Kadath @kadath.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 17, 2025

    Did I ever mention that I have a fascination with silent films? Tonight I’m watching the 1916 version of 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea 🦑

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  • Tade "Will Eat Your Heart in the Marketplace" Thompson @tadethompson.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 11, 2026

    "Only one of its arms wriggled in the air, brandishing the victim like a feather" From Jules Verne's 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea Art by Alphonse de Neuville.

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  • Matt Makes Mermaid Movies @mattbr.bsky.socialBluesky · May 11, 2025

    Now I’m watching 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea and good lord I’m gay

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  • IWW4 @[email protected]Lemmy · Apr 6, 2026

    Um no hs is not. His big three titles are just as famous as Well’s titles. - 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea - Journey to the Center of the Earth - Around the world in 80s days are just as well known as H. G. Wells big three titles: - War of the Worlds - The Time Machine - The Invisible Man

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  • Paul Tobin @paultobin.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 15, 2024

    I can't look at Captain Nemo’s private quarters on the Nautilus from 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea without automatically thinking of Captain Liberace. This is my curse and I love it.

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  • Brooke McDonald @brookegmcdonald.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 21, 2024

    New photos of “20,000 Leagues Under the Sea”-inspired Periscope Pub on the Disney Treasure. #DisneyCruiseLine

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  • Gav Thorpe @gavthorpe.co.ukBluesky · Jun 18, 2026

    Any version of 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea. More squid fighting, less pages-long piscinology.

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  • Benny Six Six Six-Cats @teeveeben.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 2, 2025

    I want a four-hour 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea film adaptation by a director whose primary interest is the oceanography and marine biology chapters.

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  • welcometoyourdoom.bsky.social @welcometoyourdoom.bsky.socialBluesky · May 25, 2025

    Behind the scenes of 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954) #filmsky #seacreaturesunday

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  • Wallace Polsom @wallacepolsom.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 4, 2026

    20,000 LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA commission by Mark Schultz.

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  • Solid Pawn @solidpawn.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 6, 2025

    QRP with your fan art! ✨ 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea pixel art (2011)

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  • Belle @fibellefi.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 3, 2025

    There’s very limited edition handbags made from old cast costumes and I have walked away from this 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea bag made from the costume trousers several times now…..

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  • Jason Schultz @jason.parkendium.comBluesky · Aug 7, 2026

    Here's 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea getting that "more COLOR". Pity the workers with the lack of shade! (Again, more slides that had been in a closet for three decades.)

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  • Starfleet Design 🖍🖖 @starfleetdesign.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 9, 2025

    This site has about 200 high resolution blueprints of the Nautilus from the 1954 '20,000 Leagues Under the Sea' film. Amazing resource for wannabe sub-builders. www.raleightime.com/NEMO/nemo-bl...

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  • Naschy's Toupée @naschystoupee.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 5, 2026

    Original unused giant squid attack from 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954)

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  • Michael Warburton @michaelwarburton.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 6, 2024

    Behind the scenes on Walt Disney’s huge box office hit 20,000 LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA (1954)

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  • Movies Silently @moviessilently.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 9, 2026

    And just four years later, 20,000 LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA (1916) was fully submerged!

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  • Don @donshifs.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 26, 2026

    Disney History 6/26/1904 Actor Peter Lorre (László Löwenstein) is born. Known for his unique speech and looks, he played the role of Conseil in Disney's 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea. (Movie fans also know Lorre for his roles in Casablanca, Around the World in 80 Days, and The Raven.)

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  • Michael Warburton @michaelwarburton.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 23, 2026

    Behind the scenes on Walt Disney’s huge box office hit 20,000 LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA (1954)

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  • Neon Reese @neon-reese.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 23, 2024

    Happy 70th to 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea!!!!!

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  • Sardonicus @sardonicus.euBluesky · Jan 20, 2024

    20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954). Richard Fleischer Photo, Anthony Ugrin

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  • Riley Black 🏳️‍⚧️ 🦖 @restingdinoface.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 10, 2026

    It’s so fantastic. I makes me think of the ship graveyard in 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea.

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  • Michael Warburton @michaelwarburton.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 26, 2026

    Behind the scenes on Disney’s huge box office hit 20,000 LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA (1954)

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  • TCM Party @tcmparty.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 22, 2026

    Fleischer went on to have an amazingly eclectic career: 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, The Vikings, Fantastic Voyage, The Boston Strangler and Tora! Tora! Tora! are all his. #TCMParty #TheNarrowMargin ^JW #SummerUnderTheStars

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  • Brian Phillips @brianphillips.lolBluesky · Jun 20, 2026

    In the same vein, Muppet 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea would be incredible, but hear me out: Muppet Nostromo

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  • Dr Pop Culture USA @drpopcultureusa.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 7, 2025

    June 6, 1959: Disneyland’s newest attraction, The Submarine Voyage based on the 1954 film 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, opens in Tomorrowland.

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  • ᴇᴍᴘᴇʀᴏʀ 帝 @[email protected]Lemmy · Dec 15, 2024

    Why The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen is Alan Moore's magnum opus. > Over the course of a single decade, Moore not only established himself as one of the most brilliant storytellers of the last hundred years, but he also helped reinvent an entire medium, turning the humble comic book into a profoundly respected art-form capable of marrying story, character, and illustrated visuals in radically new ways. "I was always trying to find what the medium was capable of and to push it as far as…

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  • J.A.Tallon @tallon.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 24, 2026

    Tonight's viewing - "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea" directed by Stuart Paton

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  • Anita 🎬🎥📺🎶📚 @gemini53.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 2, 2026

    #AugustMovieChallenge Day 3 - submarine in a movie The Nautilus - 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954) #filmsky #moviesky

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  • Tomi @tomithebull.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 18, 2025

    So about that book meme going around........ Who likes "20,000 Leagues Under The Sea"?

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  • jadero @[email protected]Lemmy · Aug 22, 2023

    Maybe I read things too literally, but I thought "Fahrenheit 451" was about a governing class controlling the masses by limiting which ideas, emotions, and information were available. "Brave New World" struck me as also about controlling the masses through control of emotions, ideas, and information (and strict limits on social mobility). It's been too long since I read "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea", but I thought of it as a celebration of human ingenuity, with maybe a tinge of warning about…

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  • BilSabab @[email protected]Lemmy · Mar 24, 2026

    Behind The Scenes - 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954).

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  • PM_ME_SNEKS_IN_HATS @[email protected]Lemmy · Aug 24, 2024

    I used to work at Blockbuster and there was this guy who worked with me who had a vendetta against Asylum. He was a manager and would tell everyone to warn people not to rent their movies and make sure they knew it wasn't the movie they thought it was. At the time, their model was release the similar movie on DVD while the actual movie was still in theaters. One day the dude comes in to work and he's just furious. He had rented a movie called "30,000 Leagues Under the Sea" and when he got home…

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  • Frodo da Pirate🏴‍☠️ @xochiptx.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 22, 2025

    #AnimalCaucusTrivia Our FOURTH Category: READING RAINBOW for $400 The book "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea" was written by whom? (5 minutes)

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  • Gaijin "Jiangshi" Rando @gaijinrando.bsky.socialBluesky · May 26, 2025

    Images from films starring Paul Lukas - BOTD in 1894 Berlin Express (1948) Address Unknown (1944) 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954) Experiment Perilous (1944)

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  • Jonny Writes @jonnywrites.bsky.socialBluesky · May 23, 2025

    Little known fact, 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea is actually in reference to the Atlanteans' obsession with fantasy sports.

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  • Spy Fi @spy-fi.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 20, 2026

    20,000 LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA (20 July 1954)

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  • Joseph Monasky @redjoey92.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 18, 2026

    Finding Nemo did a hilarious 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea reference with the song "A Whale Of A Tale".

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  • David Hughes @filmcritic.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 6, 2024

    Behind the scenes on Walt Disney’s huge box office hit 20,000 LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA (1954)

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